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Sesame Street
Up and down!
Air date January 30, 1970
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Directed by Neil Smith
Production January 5, 1970
Sponsors I, P, U, 10

SSShowID-0060

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0060a
SCENE 1 Gordon has Troy and Mauricio introduce the capital and lowercase letter I with art cards, leading to Bob's story.
Story of Ira and Inez
Muppets / Cast Bob reads "The Story of Ira and Inez."
(First: Episode 0034)
1261-LowercaseI
Cartoon A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
(First: Episode 0032)
3161s
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
(First: Episode 0033)
0060b
SCENE 2 Gordon wants to make sure Big Bird knows the difference between "up" and "down." Troy and Mauricio help by pointing in those directions, Big Bird recalls going up and down the steps of 123 Sesame Street, and Robin shows up and down by playing jump rope. Big Bird thinks of something else that can go up and down: a rocket.
Rocketfallsover
Cartoon Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over.
(First: Episode 0018)
0060c
SCENE 2
cont'd
Big Bird: "I was thinking of a different rocket…"
Rocketspectatorstakeoff
Cartoon Rocket countdown: The spectators take off.
(First: Episode 0022)
0060d
SCENE 2
cont'd
Big Bird: "I was thinking of a rocket that goes straight up, up into the air…"
Countdown launch success
Cartoon Rocket countdown: Unlike previous segments, the rocket successfully launches at the right time as everyone celebrates, and the director grins at the camera.
(First: Episode 0042)
0060e
SCENE 2
cont'd
Big Bird: "That's the rocket I was thinking of!" Gordon mentions that an elevator also goes up and down.
Elevator10.oldschool
Cartoon "Count Up Elevator" -- An elevator operator stops at ten floors to pick up passengers, including a witch, a fireman, and a kangaroo. The tenth passenger, a mouse, causes the elevator to overload and explode.
(First: Episode 0003)
UpAndDownS1a

UpAndDownS1b

UpAndDownS1c
Muppets / Cast It's Silly Song Time! A pair of Muppet monsters (Proto-Grover and Billy) sing a song about "Up and Down." After the first verse, we fade to a sequence of Buddy looking up for something he dropped — a balloon. After the second verse, we fade to a scene of Ernie pouring milk into a glass while hanging upside down, despite Bert's warning.
Number10
Film "Ten Song (Song of Ten)"
(First: Episode 0021)
Elevator10.oldschool
Cartoon "Count Up Elevator" (repeat)
Jazzyshapes
Cartoon A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*.
Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee
(First: Episode 0007)
Awardu
Cartoon "Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0036)
SSTS-19
Celebrity Listen My Brother sings their own version of "The Alphabet Song."
(First: Episode 0005)
0060f
SCENE 3 Bob and Robin observe the tree near Hooper's Store, and talk about what trees are used for. Bob thinks that trees are very nice to look at when walking through a park or a forest.
Filminthewoods

Film-TripThruWoods
Film "In the Woods": Two kids go out into the woods.
(First: Episode 0026)
E&BIceCubeCollection
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie wants to show Bert his ice cube collection. The ice cubes were so cold that he had to put them in a box covered with an electric blanket. Much to Ernie's surprise, the ice cubes have disappeared. Since they were replaced with water, Ernie suspects that a fish might have stolen them. Bert tells him that it's because they've melted. Ernie, however, is now convinced that a fish melted the ice cubes, and angrily walks out the door to "tear him fin-from-fin."
(First: Episode 0033)
Number10
Film "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (repeat)
0060g
SCENE 4 Susan watches Robin play jump rope and points out the rhythm she's using.
RhythmFilm-titlecard

2682i
Film A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping.
(First: Episode 0032)
PIYNPostmanandFireman
Muppets Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman.
(First: Episode 0023)
P pirate pistol
Cartoon A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P.
(First: Episode 0059)
0060h

0060i
SCENE 5 Susan reads Cluck, the Captain's Chicken by Lynn Sweat to Mauricio and Greg. She then points out that Ernie has run out of cookies.
CE9
Muppets "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked a Cake"
(First: Episode 0031)
Whathandscando
Film There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise.
(First: Episode 0007)
BuddyJim.lightbulb
Cast Buddy and Jim struggle with replacing a light bulb.
(First: Episode 0007)
P pirate pistol
Cartoon A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (repeat)
0060j
SCENE 6 Susan plays a round of "Here Are Some Things" with animal pictures.
0060k

0060l
SCENE 6 cont'd Gordon signs off, and Susan announces the sponsors and today's book.
ErnieBert0009

GordonSusan0002
CLOSING SIGNS Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.

Notes[]

  • The credit sequence from this episode appears in the HBO Max version of Episode 0056, but without the book announcement.


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